No, it's not clickbait. There is a chillingly logical theory:
Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, could be Paul Le Roux — a genius of encryption turned international crime boss.
Who is Paul Le Roux?
A brilliant programmer. He created E4M, an encryption software so strong that it made the NSA uncomfortable.
What's his philosophy? Privacy = freedom. He wrote a manifesto about it... does that sound like Satoshi to you?
But what started as idealism ended in chaos:
Illegal pharmacies, smuggling, encrypted networks, murders, drugs… a global criminal empire.
Key year? 2008. Le Roux needed to move money without a trace.
That same year… Bitcoin was born.

Now read this, very carefully:
One of his aliases was "Paul Solotshi Calder Le Roux"… Solotshi? Satoshi?
Some coincidences that CANNOT be ignored:
Programming genius: verified.
Need to move money globally: verified.
Obsession with privacy: verified.
In the Kleiman vs Wright trial, a leaked document mentioned Le Roux and Bitcoin for the first time in legal history.
Even in court, he said he wanted to start a Bitcoin mining business!
But beware, it's not all:
The coding style does not match.
Satoshi is calm and methodical, Le Roux is chaotic and violent.
Bitcoin was never used in his crimes.
Satoshi published messages until 2014… Le Roux was already imprisoned.